CVE-2009-1979

N/A Unknown
Published: October 22, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Network Authentication component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.4 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from an independent researcher that this is related to improper validation of the AUTH_SESSKEY parameter length that leads to arbitrary code execution.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blogs.conus.info/node/28
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
http://osvdb.org/59110
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/37027
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36747
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023057
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html
Source: secalert_us@oracle.com
US Government Resource
http://blogs.conus.info/node/28
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/59110
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/37027
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507598/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36747
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023057
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
85.7%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

oracle